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Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-20
Many Cooks Spoil the Broth.

Babbler Bah in New York Star
Books on etiquette are multiplying
daily and Ihave lately read three. Z
had hoped that q distinct improve
ment in my manner would have been
noticed, but the result has been that
| now have no manner at all. 1t IS
the old story of multiplicity Of coun-
selers--if do what one book directs
the other contradicts it, and 80 many
different ways of eating ones egg at
breakfast are decided to be proper
that in absolute despair I take to
omelet, which none of the books mem
lions, and SO ] may breakfast of it
without offending one Of the censors.
The style Of bow proper for the street
IN meeting a. casual acquaintance
try on Jack, and at one time he says
l look as if the man might be an es-
capped convict and at another as if he
were an angel from above and / intend
ed to kiss him. These are intended
to be the livery formal" or ''distinct-
ly cordial"
One book says never shake hands;
another advises it if one wishes to be
cordial, and the third book steers
clear of all the difficulty by not
committing itself and truthfully tell
ing that "no one cares to shake hands
with a person whose hands are cold
and clammy." OF course they don't.
Another book permits a widow to
be married "as her good taste di-
rects,' but then mentor No. dis.
tinctly asserts that cher attire should
be quiet and demure, suggestive of
calm though modified state of hap
piness." Mentor No. 8 evidently OBJ
jects TO widows either marrying or
going to weddings. No mention is
made of what she should wear If she
were to marry again, for such a dread.
ful thing is not looked for, buta kind
]y remark is made to this effect: "A
widow of refined sensibilty would re-
main away from the wedding of her
friend that her grief might not thrust
itself upon the happiness OF the
BRIDE" The books are awful hard on
widows; think married women wrote
them all.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-20
ter, five only got TO her, he said on.
couragingly, whilst he. ran to the up

ter, If We only got TO her. he said en-
couragngly, whilst he ran to the up
turned cart. =3S
cannot raise it, said he, after
having tried hard to do SO; nbut Bay
will carry you home, that viii do; and
we will walk very slow, so you should
not have too much pain. I will help.
yOu.be not afraid. SIS.
Slowly indeed, but with great exer.
tion from little Max. who was bathed
in perspiration, they succeeded. First
Bay harness was cut and he was put
close to the wounded man, and then
the father was helped on the horse.
One moment Max thought he should
first fetch his mother; but then he
was afraid to leave his father among
the dead on the battlefield, where the
fight might perhaps be renewed on the
morrow. At last he had his father
safely on the back of the horse, and
Max held the bride. Gently, quite
gently they went, step by step, away
from the forest, out on the meadows,
toward the village. At first the moon
and stars lighted up their way; then
they grew paler and in the east the
sky began to redden.
"Now we are soon with mother"
said Max, and looked anxiously into
the pale, tired face of his father. Now
they could look up the village street,
and now they could see their own
house door-and there-yes,' there
stood mother-and now-now she had
seen them-and-
A few seconds later she was with
her husband and child. One glance
told her what had happened. The
morning sun, shone family on the un-
covered head Of the boy and the faint
ly smiling face OF the wounded man.
1--WE have brave boy" he said, lay
ing his hand on the child's head.
The mother looked with glistening
eyes at her boy. She had forgotte en-
the fright he had given her in tie long
hours that had passed.
When the father was safely in bed
and the wound stopped bleeding un.
der the cooling bandage, and the pain
had subsided so that he could sleep,
then the mother stole out into the
next room, where Max waited for her.
Mother" he said, clasping his arms
round her neck, II ran away from you
secret]y-I could not do otherwise;
and, you see-it was good"
His mother pressed him to her heart
and kissed him and said, my own
Max, my little hero!'
Several weeks later all the inhabit-
ants OF the village had returned. The
war had ended, and on the careworn
faces OF the returning began to appear
again peace and hope for future con-
rentment and happiness. Max's fa-
ther sat on the bench before his house
with his bandaged leg, but in full re-
covery. Gladly he greeted every new
arrival. Each one stopped and want
ed to hear how he had Jared and he had
to relate, and how he liked to tell all.
And when his story was ended then
the ne1ghbors asked for Max, they
wanted to see the boy; and many a
rough hand was laid on his shoulder,
and many q moist eye gazed into his
shining face.
"Max, you are q brave boy" said
the men; and the boys OF the village
stood around and asked: "Max-
were you afraid-not at all?-not a
tiny little bit?"
~ do not know" said Max. 81
only always thought of father"
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Home Notes.

Silver dried out of hot water on g.
clean cloth will be always bright, and
will not always need the weekly clean
ing. 1t is the washing in lukewarm
water and drying when cold that
gives the dull, leaden appearance
after a few days. use.
For biliousness the editor of the
Boston Medical and Surgical Journal
says a plain diet of bread, milk, oat.
meal, vegetables and fruit, with lean
meat and fresh fish, is best. Exercise
in the open air. The victim of an
acute attack will be righted by ~
abstinence, ~ porri1ge and milk, Isl
toast, a little meat and fish and ripe
fruit, thus coming to solid food
gradually. t.a., ~
For ninety-nine persons out 81
every hundred the best time for q
warm bath is at night, Immediately
before retiring. The relaxing OF the
system il warm bath opens the
the body for cold, and not q few
serious results are brought about by
undue exposure after the bath. An
excess of bathing even in warm weather
is more or less debilitating, and there
tore should be avoided by persons Of
delicate health. sd. Z. t. ii
TAP1ocA PUDDna. Soak teacup-
full Of tapioca in q quart Of water
over night. In the morning pour OF
the water. add 4 quart Of milk. two
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-20
You.s xothers Get Plenty Of Advice:

Youns Mothers Get Plenty Of Advice.
From Babyhood. II. " .s.
Not the least Of the trials that the
mother has to contend with is out
side interference. 1t begins before
the baby comes, and says, 5s'H I were
you | would" and "If were you
wouldn' with wearyingch chatter which
has the form but lacks the spirit OF
advice. Also itsays, not infrequently,
"Do you dare do that?" with dis
approving emphasis quite indescriba-
BILE. After the nurse has gone, and the
mother, distrustful OF herself, and ot-
ten weak and disturbed by fears, takes
up the sweet burden OF care and goes
about what will henceforth be an un-
ceasing duty, then begins: "Don't you
feed your baby anythlng?" sDo you
rock her?" 'Does he sleep with your"
"Don't you dress it too warmly?"
and so on indefinitely. A more seir-
GUS thing is the meddling with the
mothers manner ofdiscipline. While
the mother, alas! is not infallible here,
it is better that she make mistakes
than that she be by others moved
from that course OF action which she
believes is for her child's good. The
intelligent, contentious mother
will probably find her way
through her mistakes to better
thinking and wiser ways. There are
plenty of unthinking people who do
not hesitate to demonstrate, and sug-
gest, and make excuses for the child
ish delinquent in the presence Of the
little offender. A child out visiting is
perhaps cautioned by parent not to
touch certain articles OF adornment;
instantly the hostess says: "Why, let
him have it. You can take it if you
want it, dear'' The embarrassed
mother will need nerve if she insists
he can not have it, when insisting may
seem ungracious. Again, at meals it
is often fact that she must combat
the pleadings Of every individual at
the table if she decides to deny her
child some article which he would like,
but which she feels would be hurtful.
Illustrations might be multiplied. Or
dinarily no one but a parent knows a
child from first to last, and what
that child's needs as to indul-
gence and discipline are Except in
rare instances no outsider has any
right to attempt to influence g. par
ent's decisions. Unobtrusively as
may be, and above all firmly, parents
should exercise the privilege which is
theirs by divine right. of doing for
and by their own what seems to them
good.
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How to Dress in Order to Bring Out individuality.

Philadelphia News: The majority
OF blackhaired women have black
eyes and sallow complexion. On
the whole, they look best in black
say black lace, with some white lace
at the throat. The effect is then
something like that of an etching. If
black-haired woman has q pale skin
and blue eyes she can wear almost
anything-that is, except yellow and
green. Blues and reds are particular
ly becoming to her, and she even looks
we'll in blue white, which is trying to
most people, and is only ventured on
with absolute safety by rosy, blue
eyed, fair-haired blondes, who are
known as 'tcool" blondes.
The "cool" blonde is a priviledged
person. She can wear all those cold
colors in which other women dare not
venture, and in which no other type
can equal her. She looks we'll in pale
green, cool gray, heliotrope purple,
and cold blues. She ought never to
wear. red, brown, yellow, or cream.
white.
Sometimes one sees brown-b black
hair with steel-gray eyes and q ia1r
skin, with brilliant, rosy complex
ion. Women OF this type can wear
green's and blues of all shades and
every sort of purple. They also look
we'll in browns, and reds. and fawns,
and grays. They should avoid old
gold and all too subtle tones, such as
mauve. A woman with lighter brown
hair and blue or gray eyes looks we'll
! IN brown or fawn color, relieved by
pink. Dark blue is also becoming to
her. With brown hair, warm brown
skin, andsbrown eyes almost barbar-
&c contrasts are effective, such as blue
and red and black and yellow, and all
shades of yellow and red are becom-
ing.
The shorter the woman the shorter
should be her waist and the longer her
legs, to give her hight. AS to high
heels, they do certainly give dignity
as long as the wearer stands still, but
let her walk, even across q room, and
the effect is absolutely graceless.
Long lines from the shoulder TO the
foot give hight; horizontal lines cross
ing the figure shorten the person.
Short, stout women should never wear
basques nor any other arrangement
that makes a decided line about the
hips. and they should never have their
gowns made: too tight. Draperies
which are a little loose give an effect
OF slenderness by not defining the lines
too clearly. Tall women who are too
slender might use horizontal lines
with advantage. A band surround.
ing the arm or waist makes it look
much larger than it really is. A great
mistake is to have a dress trimmed
with lines Of violently contrasting
color. 81 @,@'.
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The Trade of Marriage.

The usual retort, when women COM
plain of want of re nunerative employ
ment, is that they should not work, but
find men to support them. AS there are
500, 900 more women than men in
England, it is obviously impossible
that every woman should have hus.
band. This state of things is as bad
in Germany also. The preponderance
OF the women over the men is greatest
in the professional and upper middle
clas ses. Among the richer aristoc.
racy OF England, and the absolutely
working people, the sexes are still
equal in number, and women can still
marry. But the sons OF clergymen Of
ficers, civil servants, lawyers, doctors
and some OF the country gentry find
the struggle for existence too great in
this kingdom; they emigrate or leave
the country by joining the military
or naval service. Their sisters all re.
main at home, unable to find hus-
bands, and uneducated for work,
even domestic work. These ''super-
fuous women" most undoubtedly, as a
body, perform the first duty of their
sex-that of teing charming; they are
often handsome, are generally we'll
hammered, and we'll dressed. They are
''charmers'' but there is no one to
charm. They know very we'll that
their chances ofmarriage arealmost nil;
therefore, should solitary suitor with
even a modest competency appear, they
feel driven to accept the first man
who asks them, whether they care for
him or not, and most generally they
do not. Their parents wish to get
rid OF them, SO they marry without
love. An evil arises out of this, more
CHASTITY than can be described. The
marriage Of convenance is q recognized
social institution aboad. In England,
in this nineteenth century, the women
of the upper middle classes adopt it
without acknowledging it. However
we may affect to deny. it, there is a
vast amount of married unhappiness
in all classes. The fault is sometimes
ascribed to the present degeneracy of
women and sometimes to the deterior-
alton Of men. The fault really lies in
our social system, which gives g. wom.
an neither work nor money and
obliges her TO-, sell herself before she
has lost her only salable commodities
youth and beauty. As there exists
four ''superhuous women to one man,
the female has no choice, while the
lordly male has the greater number
from whom to pick and choose. There
fore, lnthis country many women have
not only no chance of marrying at all
but no freedom of selection whatever.
The National Review. IA,
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-20
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm Notes. 8


/ Rye straw is generally supposed to
be the most valuable for feeding horses,
and oat straw is the best for cattle.
Wheat straw is not eaten SO readily
as the other kinds, which, when cut
up and mixed with ground corn and
oats or bran, will make excellent food
for horses at any time. With the
straw about one-fourth more ground
feed should be given than with
timothy hay. i
Old neglected current bushes need
not be dug up, but may be renovated
in the following manner: Cut out all
the stems but three or four OF the
best and smoothest and prune these
to one.half their length, or to not over
three feet at the most. Dig around
the bushes, taking out all the grass
and weeds, and lay some good manure
upon the roots, mixed with the soil.
Mulch with coarse manure, and in the
Spring keep the ground clean and
break off all the young shoots except
three or four.
Hens that are expected to produce
eggs require a variety of food, such as
corn, wheat, buckwheat, baked pota-
toes, (given warm,) chopped meat,
and, most important, fresh bones
broken up finely. A mess of scaided
cornmeal, with little sulphur and
salt, a teaspoonful OF each tor rs hens,
should be given daily. Slightly warm
water, is better than snow and bits of
Ne for them, and should be given
morning and night.
The cost of a crop of wheat grown
by an English farmer as compared
with one grown by an average Ameri-
can farmer shows a large difference in
the cost of each. Thus an estimate
OF the expenses OF growing crop of
36 bushels in England is given as
about $23, OF which rent, rates, and
taxes amount to SO. This makes
nearly 20 cents a bushel as the cost
OF the wheat which is now selling at
about "a cents a bushel.
Little Falls transcript., 1887-05-20

beet cut up in inch-square pieces; boil
slowly three hours, and as the water
wastes add boiling water. just be-.
fore taking up season with salt. The
liquor drained of makes a good dish
Tor an invalid, and the remainder is
palatable and nutritious dish for
those not invalids. =
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MAX, THE LITTLE HERO.

sir ( y g.
Translated from the German for the Spring
#sS field Republican, y5H
It was a sad-looking village in which
little Max lived with his parents. For
days and days people had been " an
dering forth from their houses across
the fields into the woods. They drove
their cows and sheep and goats before
them; on little hand-carts they drew
household goods,-spinning- wheels,
tools, clothes and bedding. The men
had anxious, careworn and angry
faces; the women carried the children
and cried aud sobbed.
Max stood with his father in the
door of their house and looked after
such a procession which had just pass.
ed.
'Come with u.s." said a peasant who
came last because he led a stubborn
pig with a rope. Come with us. If
the enemy enters the village he will
burn the house over your heads
that's what youth GET In Ia few
hours the devils will be here, and
then you will hardly be able to
save your naked 'life,-which after all
is left to us poor, chased people,"
II cannot leave" said. Max s father.
II have sick child, and cannot drag
it into the forest to be exposed to the
night air which would kill it,"
'"rhen let at least the boy come
with me-" said the peasant. "He is
only in your way if it comes to the
worst"
"Do you think so?" said the father
thoughtfully.' Better cared for he
certainly would be. And if the worst
happens, one Of us at least would be
saved. You would take care Of him
and protect him. He is a child still"
.,'No, father, chat / am not, cried
the twelve year-old boy, who had
listened with wide-open eyes and
serious face to the conversation of the
men. II am NO child, and am not
afraid, and 1 will stay with you and
mother and Anna. 1t you do not
leave, ! also need not run away. l
stay with you, father" he added half
begging, half assured, and stepped up
close to his father, looking into his
face with loving eyes.
Thus Max remained in the village.
One family after another left, until
the houses and streets were deserted
and no one lived in the village bnt the
two children Max and Anna, with
their parents. In the afternoon Max
went to the neighbors' houses and
looked in at the windows and over
played with the straw blades in the
yards. There was no sound to be
heard, it was as il every one was dead
and buried. The old nut trees rustled
gently in the wind and then all was
quiet again.
"How strange that people are afraid
OF each other in war time" said Max
to himself. Gas if the soldiers had no
parents, no homes, and would set
other peoples houses on fire just out
of sheer ugliness, as our neighbors'
said. Such soldiers must not be the
right kind Of men-who knows where
they came from?"
He went to ask his father to give
him come information about it, but
his father had no time, for he went
twlcefan hour up on the hill behind
the cemetery and looked down into
the valley. -. 5aa,
Max" he said in the evening, when
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How can you ask me thus?" she
said softly.
Z grew. later and later and later,
and the father did not come home.
The mother went about the house and
locked the doors and shut the win
dows, ,and put out the fire in the kltch-
en where she had prepared Anna's
soup. l{ls51yz. a3
''1t is time to 60 to bed" she said.
do you not hear anythingf'' asked
Max. sss s 81 '',s;. : 'ssss a
His mother opened tho window and
listened. But every thing was quiet.
The lonely. quiet night Was over the
valley. and the air came cool into the
60 to bed, Max, and pray said
his mother, after having listened 4
while. 1..s 55ss
..n ] only knew whore father is,'
said MAJ, ssn could only see him for
= moment, if ] only knew that / shall
ever see him again!" ... 81 81
'Pray. my child, prayi', said his
mother. and hid her face IN her hands.
Aftsrs 1Eax had gone into his cham
sber, and nothing moved any longer,
his mother oxtinguished ths light, for
she thought i might bring danger il
troops should pass tho village ia the
3nlRht md So tho illuminat atod wind oW,s
Tho pooEawo u now quit r lone
IN the chamber the. children slept.
4he aoon o. one into the. room and
slighte edup the MAlls and theplaceWhere
st6a thaf used IS ait 81 this tiinfsA al
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-21
Band Bows Stand.

The band boys should have a stand
from which to play for the pleasure of
the people. This they are willing to do
once week free of charge. The boys
are not able to build the stand, and they
do not feel like standing up by the hour
to play at the close of their days labors.
One of them tells Us that stand costing
fifty dollars would be satisfactory to the
band boys.
It should be built in the public square.
This is about as near the center of the
town as it could be placed. We submit
that our people should "chip in" and see
that one is built.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-21
Taking Dispositions.

s. r. Cowick, Esq, has been taking
dispositions in the case of an old man
named Branen, who lives in Nebraska,
against the wife of one of his Branen's)
sons. This son, Frank, used to live in
this section of country. William, a
brother of Frank Branen's, lived for some
time in the old John Henry house, by
the Trego tank, just west of Wa-Keeney.
Frank, it seems, was subject to fits. This
fact was kept from the now Mrs. Branen
until after their marriage. He had them
so frequently that in the course of time
she had to support him. Finally, he deed
ed their land to her. He is now an in
mate of the Nebraska insane asylum.
His father wants the land, and is trying
to make it appear that Frank was not in
his right mind when he made the convey
ance to her. We understand that the
witnesses in this section of country will
testify that he was. Franks wife, we
guess, will hold the land which she must
so surely have earned.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-21
More Litigation.

Sheriff Baker went to Wallace Thurs
day night to summon witnesses in the
case of the state VS.. - Hays, of Wal
lace. The case is to come up in the Saline
county district court on the "a inst.
AS we understand this proceeding, Mr..
Hays borrowed some money of Salina
bank some months ago, mortgaging a
bunch of cattle for its payment. He has
paid the amount, and the banker is not
interested in this suit At the bottom of
the suit is Mr.. Robbins, of Salina, a
brother of the man who was killed at
Wallace awhile back by McMicken, Mr..
Hays son-in-law. The suit is said to be
based on the allegation that Mr.. Hays
was not the owner of the cattle which he
mortgaged for the money borrowed at
the bank.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-05-21
STATE FORESTRY STROKES.

To learn how the planting at Station
No. proceeds, see "Ogallah Oozings."
Forestry Commissioner Robb started
to Dodge City yesterday. He will stay
down there about week this time, look
ing after affairs at State Forestry Station
No. 2.
It was a State Forestry stroke, and no
chance to doubt it, when the lightning
last Saturday night demolished two In
side posts and a ladder, also inside, at the
station stable, near Ogallah. Otherwise,
the stable was not injured. During the
same storm fence post, standing about
200 feet west of the stable, was struck by
lightning, and to use the words of our In
formant, bits of it were scattered all over
that countryi